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CENTRAL AMERICA
NEWS
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Rising
Criminality
in
Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA
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Every 88
minutes
a person
dies a
victim
of
extreme
violence
in
Honduras,
where
the
homicide
rate
soared
in
recent
months,
reported
on
Tuesday
the
National
Human
Rights
Commissioner
(CONADEH).
According
to the
document
published
Tuesday
by the
ombudsman,
Ramon
Custodio,
the
situation
in the
country
has
worsened
compared
to
previous
years,
when the
rate was
8.7
violent
deaths
per day.
That
figure
doubled
in the
first
quarter
of 2010
to an
average
of 16.7
murders
daily.
Custodio
said
that the
increase
in crime
was
exacerbated
by the
recent
massacres
in
northern
Honduras,
which
remain
unpunished
due to
"lack of
decision,
ineffectiveness,
inefficiency,
lack of
resources
and even
negligence."
Last
September
7
suspected
members
of the
Mara 18
gang
(M-18)
and Mara
Salvatrucha
(MS-13)
shot at
a shoe
factory
in the
city of
San
Pedro
Sula
(North),
killing
18
workers.
More
recently,
on
October
15, six
youths,
aged
between
22 and
30
years,
were
also
massacred
in the
same
city.
San
Pedro
Sula is
among
the
continent's
most
violent
cities,
with an
average
of 119
murders
per
100,000
inhabitants,
while
the
world
average
is
eight.
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